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Beseiged by rising tides of climate change, Kiribati buys land in Fiji

2014-07-01 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The people of Kiribati, a group of islands in the Pacific ocean particularly exposed to climate change, now own a possible refuge elsewhere. President Anote Tong has recently finalised the purchase of 20 sq km on Vanua Levu, one of the Fiji islands, about 2,000km away. The Church of England has sold a stretch of land mainly covered by dense forest for $8.77m. "We would hope not to put everyone on [this] one piece of land, but if it became absolutely necessary, yes, we could do it," Tong told the...

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